
Council estate writer & speaker 🌆📝🔊#LivingExperience ™️ #FoodisCare ™️
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Dominic @SingleDadSW Watters retweeted
🗣️ 'It's easier to buy vapes than fruit' - Food Ambassador @SingleDadSW speaking about food deserts in today's @DailyMirror 👇
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Dominic @SingleDadSW Watters retweeted
📢 Don't miss our webinar with @FFC_Commission tomorrow!
We'll explore: what happens when citizens are given a seat at the table when it comes to influencing policy?
Free sign up: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Dominic @SingleDadSW Watters retweeted
“Tinderbox UK may be one shock away from food riots. Weakened food security could tip into unrest.”
It’s time for the government to improve domestic food security. And that is achieved by supporting British farmers rather than financially punishing them.
theguardian.com/food/2026/fe…
Dominic @SingleDadSW Watters retweeted
‘Tinderbox’ UK may be one shock away from food riots, experts say tinyurl.com/23do6j5d [Guardian]
I don't see punch-ups in the street. Yet..
One shock could spark social unrest and even food riots in the UK, according to dozens of the country’s top food experts, reports The @guardian. Describing the UK #FoodSystem as a 'Tinderbox'.
The group identified a series of issues creating vulnerability, including the climate crisis, low incomes, poor farming policy and fragile just-in-time supply chains.
theguardian.com/food/2026/fe…
The full analysis is published in the @MDPIOpenAccess journal, Sustainability, and was produced by consulting more than 30 food system experts from academia, government and industry.
It highlights that our broken food system needs to be transformed - changing the way our food is produced and consumed - to future-proof food for all of us.
By using our precious resources more intelligently we can create a world with higher standards of living — tackling climate change, protecting nature, and reducing inequality.
#CircularLiving #FutureProofFood #SupplyChains #FoodSystems
Dominic @SingleDadSW Watters retweeted
Why is this story about how the UK is one shock away from food riots relegated to The Guardian's food section, alongside articles about how to make the best cookie dough?
No wonder people still don't get it.
theguardian.com/food/2026/fe…
Dominic @SingleDadSW Watters retweeted
Food is Care didn’t start in a ngo or a policy office.
It started on a council estate.
In a community where you can get blueberry vapes, but no blueberries.
That’s not a coincidence. That’s a food system that perpetuates inequality.
#FoodisCare
Dominic @SingleDadSW Watters retweeted
Why do some communities have easy access to organic eggs, while others have easy access to blueberry vapes and cherry vodka?
@SingleDadSW reflects on visiting Yolk Farm and local food projects in #Yorkshire as part of a citizen-led inquiry into food (report out now on our website! ➡️ foodfoundation.org.uk/news/w…)
Yorkshire stands out - there's real connection, passion and concern for communities, health and agriculture in the region. Can we learn from these fantastic examples? @AnnaLongthorp highlights the potential to source food locally, invest in local projects and boost the economy.
#foodsystems #healthyfood #yorkshire @DefraGovUK @angelaeagle @local_food @FixOurFoodteam @RishiSunak @tomgordonLD @JulianSmithUK @kevinhollinrake @RachaelMaskell @lukejcr @DavidDavisMP
Dominic @SingleDadSW Watters retweeted
Important contribution from @SingleDadSW - we risk a return to the food riots of the 18th Century
Farmers need to be leaning into this messaging - national interest over self interest
Give it a read 👇
theguardian.com/food/2026/fe…
Dominic @SingleDadSW Watters retweeted
🔊 We've set up a Bean Citizen Panel to enrich our #BangInSomeBeans campaign!
Eight Food Ambassadors across the UK will help us ensure we understand the barriers people from low-income households face when it comes to eating beans.
Find out more: bit.ly/3K4tL2N
@HughFW @jamieoliver
Dominic @SingleDadSW Watters retweeted
Writing about poverty has me leave my estate for the Crown Plaza in Sheffield to speak at #BigTent2024 today
Dominic @SingleDadSW Watters retweeted
"I was always silenced by snobbery" - Dominic Watters.
@SingleDadSW speaks with @aiannucci, @anoosh_c and @adribuller about the psychological "straightjacket" that poverty placed him.
Listen to the full podcast here: pod.fo/e/14c85c
Dominic @SingleDadSW Watters retweeted
❌ Don't people just want to eat junk food?
Food Ambassador @SingleDadSW busting myths with the Citizen Advisory Council 👇
More info: tinyurl.com/yc8h8dkn
#junkfood #foodenvironments @FFC_Commission
Dominic @SingleDadSW Watters retweeted
‘Poor people have been in a cost of living crisis long before the phrase was popularised’
Single dad Dominic Watters starts a new job nxt mth. Right now he’s in receipt of universal credit. He told @BBCNewsnight it’s been hard to make ends meet even with gov help on energy bills
Dominic @SingleDadSW Watters retweeted
📢 Part one of @TableDebates new podcast series Hunger at Your Doorstep is out now!
This evocative episode features some of the Food Ambassadors we work with including @SingleDadSW
Listen here: tinyurl.com/tub6tx5t
#hunger #foodinsecurity #foodpoverty
Dominic @SingleDadSW Watters retweeted
To celebrate the launch of my new website dominicwatters.com I give you this video featuring Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and me #ThankYouOFC #NewWebsite #FoodInsecurity #fypシviral
Dominic @SingleDadSW Watters retweeted
Excited to hear what our delegates &panel can share with us about how our Network might have impacted them at #AFNBigTent Delighted @SingleDadSW @unisouthampton, @SaherHasnain @Oxford_univer, India Langley & Zainab Oyetunde-Usman @Rothamsted are joining us!tinyurl.com/yeyve4tn

ALT AFN Big Tent 2025 Panel Discussion: How has the AFN made a difference to you? Zainab Oyetunde-Usman, PhD (Research Social Scientist at Rothamsted Research ) Dominic Watters (Council Estate speaker & writer and research fellow at the University of Southampton) Saher Hasnain (Y2 AFN Champion & Researcher at the University of Oxford’s India Langley (Y1 AFN Champion & Agri-food Sustainability Analyst at Climate Bonds Initiative) )
RT @Food_Foundation: 📻 Our Executive Director Anna Taylor discussing findings from our latest #BrokenPlate report on @BBCFoodProg
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